Marie Jose Tayah
Functional Title:
Technical Specialist for Social Dialogue
Institution:
ILO - International Labour Organization
Email Address:
tayah@ilo.org
Phone Number:
+97450308095
Bio
Marie-José Tayah is technical specialist for social dialogue at the International Labour Organization in Qatar where is she is also focal point for private sector engagement, gender equality and non-discrimination.
Previously, Marie-José was Regional Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa for the International Domestic Workers Federation (2017-2018), Technical Officer on Migration with ILO’s Labour Migration Branch in Geneva (2014-2017), Research Coordinator for domestic work at the ILO’s regional office for Arab States (2011-2013), and M&E Officer at the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (2005-2006).
Marie-José is a PhD candidate in International Relations and Diplomacy and holds an M.A. in Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding as Fulbright Graduate Grantee.
Her recent publications include:
• Childcare: A Training Manual for Domestic Workers’ Organizations (ISBN 978-92-2-030800-4)
• The future of Domestic Work in the GCC (2018, Abu Dhabi dialogue)
• Decent work for migrant domestic workers: Moving the agenda forward [ISBN 978-92-2-131275-8]
• A migration cycle approach to temporary labour migration policies (In Pathways towards legal migration into the EU, edited by Carrera, S., A. Geddes, E. Guild and M. Stefan) [ISBN 978-94-6138-630-4]
• From domestic work to care work: Governance challenges (with M. Gallotti in Safeguarding labour migrants from home to the workplace in Asia) [ISBN 978-4-89974-075-9]
• Claiming rights under the kafala system (In Domestic workers speak, edited by Geymonat Garofalo, G., S. Marchetti and P. Krystis) [ISBN: 978-0-9970507-9-0].
Marie-José Tayah is technical specialist for social dialogue at the International Labour Organization in Qatar where is she is also focal point for private sector engagement, gender equality and non-discrimination.
Previously, Marie-José was Regional Coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa for the International Domestic Workers Federation (2017-2018), Technical Officer on Migration with ILO’s Labour Migration Branch in Geneva (2014-2017), Research Coordinator for domestic work at the ILO’s regional office for Arab States (2011-2013), and M&E Officer at the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (2005-2006).
Marie-José is a PhD candidate in International Relations and Diplomacy and holds an M.A. in Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding as Fulbright Graduate Grantee.
Her recent publications include:
• Childcare: A Training Manual for Domestic Workers’ Organizations (ISBN 978-92-2-030800-4)
• The future of Domestic Work in the GCC (2018, Abu Dhabi dialogue)
• Decent work for migrant domestic workers: Moving the agenda forward [ISBN 978-92-2-131275-8]
• A migration cycle approach to temporary labour migration policies (In Pathways towards legal migration into the EU, edited by Carrera, S., A. Geddes, E. Guild and M. Stefan) [ISBN 978-94-6138-630-4]
• From domestic work to care work: Governance challenges (with M. Gallotti in Safeguarding labour migrants from home to the workplace in Asia) [ISBN 978-4-89974-075-9]
• Claiming rights under the kafala system (In Domestic workers speak, edited by Geymonat Garofalo, G., S. Marchetti and P. Krystis) [ISBN: 978-0-9970507-9-0].
Governance and Institutional
Years of experience 11-15 Years
Governance and Institutional field:
Post Conflict and Resilient Development & Occupation, Risk Assessment & Conflict Prevention
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SDGs Expertise:
Countries of Expertise:
- Capacity building
- Project management
- Resource mobilization
- Strategic planning
- Team management
| Degree Title | University | Graduation Date |
|---|---|---|
| PhD Candidate | Centre D'Etudes Diplomatiques et Strategiques | 2025-07-06 |
| M.A. Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding | Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, EMU | 2008-06-06 |
